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|Studio album by Janet Jackson
|September 26, 2006
|Janet Jackson chronology
|Singles from 20 Y.O.
20 Y.O. is the ninth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. Released on September 20, 2006, by Virgin Records, the title makes reference to her third studio album Control which was released in 1986, a commemoration to its twentieth anniversary. 20 Y.O. represents the "celebration of the joyful liberation and history-making musical style" of Control. An R&B and dance album, Jackson enlisted a range of producers to work on material with, including LRoc, Manuel Seal, The Avila Brothers and No I.D., in addition to her longtime partners Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and then-boyfriend Jermaine Dupri.
20 Y.O. received mixed reviews from music critics, with many of them chastising the production and involvement of Dupri. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, making it Jackson's eighth consecutive top three debut and second consecutive number two album debut. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it platinum, becoming Jackson's eighth consecutive platinum album. Internationally, the album failed to make an impact on charts, reaching the top sixty in Australia and number 43 on European charts. Worldwide the album has sold 1.2 million copies. 20 Y.O. earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album in 2007.
To promote 20 Y.O., the singer appeared in various magazines, and performed on the Today Show and Billboard Music Awards. To further promote the release online, Jackson launched the "Design Me" cover contest, giving fans an opportunity to create the artwork for the album by downloading images of her and creating proposed covers for the album. Jackson hand-picked dozens of images to be used in the contest. She selected her top four favorites, which were used for the standard edition's cover on American pressings of 20 Y.O.
Three singles were released from the album. "Call on Me", was released as the first, reaching number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 18 in the United Kingdom. The following single, "So Excited", reached the top ninety in the United States, but was successful on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, on which it became Jackson's 17th number-one and 30th top ten single. The third single in North America was "With U", which was released to radio in late 2006, peaking at number 65 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Enjoy" was released as the third single in Japan and received no commercial release.
In 2004, Jackson performed at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show with guest artist Justin Timberlake, who accidentally exposed her right breast at the end of their performance.[1] A month later, she released her eighth studio album, Damita Jo. The album debuted at number two on Billboard 200, was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and sold over three million copies worldwide.[2][3][4] However, its singles received minimal airplay due to a blacklist of Jackson's music and videos on many music channels and radio formats caused by legalities surrounding the incident.[1] At the end of 2004, Jackson announced that she intended to start work on a new album project in the coming year. It would involve her then boyfriend—record producer Jermaine Dupri, who was commissioned to executive produce the project—in addition to a roster of other producers. Dupri said at the time,
"For this record, it's gonna be all dance, though. It's gonna be straight 'Control', 'Nasty', hard-ass beats, memorable melodies. It's directed to her fans, people who miss dancing, people who miss seeing videos with dancing. These [younger artists] are sloppy, they don't take it as serious as she do. They don't rehearse for the hours she do. It's serious business for her and her family and her brothers. It's important for kids to see that and bring that back to life".[5]
20 Y.O. became Jackson's final album with Virgin Records, and marked the end of an thirteen-year recording history with the label.[6][7] Following the album's release Kwamé Holland, a producer who worked on the original 20 Y.O. concept prior to Dupri's involvement, stated, "the finished project we had before Jermaine took everything over is crazy. Ask Jimmy & Terry how they felt when Jermaine came in and changed almost everything."[8] In 2005, Jackson initially worked with various producers, including The Neptunes,[8] Dr. Dre,[5] Kwamé,[9] and Polow Da Don,[10] but the concept was changed when Dupri was selected to manage the project after becoming a division president at Virgin Records. After the album's release, Dupri was condemened for his production and misguidance of the album, and subsequently was removed from his position at Virgin Records.[11]
For the album, Jackson reunited with longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to work with her and Dupri. Conversations between the group began before December 2005, when they elaborated the first themes, and songwriting and recording began in earnest in February. The discussion turned to how Jackson was feeling during the recording of her third studio album Control in 1986. "I started asking questions like, 'What was the feeling of life when you were 20?' I was so intrigued with what was going on in her life then that I just thought her album should be called that", Dupri said. Jam agreed, saying it made sense as a concept because it meant a sense of rejuvenation for her. A sense of that excitement that people have when they are 20 years old, when their life are beginning. He finished saying Jackson had that same sense of hunger and excitement than she had when she was younger.[12] Jackson wanted to create an R&B and dance album, but with an emphasis on dance.[13] Rather than contribute to separate songs for the album, Dupri Jam and Lewis decided to collaborate. According to the group, the process caused ego and procedural conflicts, but they complimented each other. Jam said: "The great thing about working with Jermaine, he came in with total respect for us, we had total respect for him. The fact is that we were fans of each other and for Janet".[12] The singer stated,[14]
"This time it was four of us collaborating – Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Jermaine and myself. But it was the same process: Everyone getting all of their thoughts and ideas out on the table, then talking about which ideas to keep or throw out. Johntá Austin also played a part in the album. It was really a collaborative effort, and that's what made it so nice. Jermaine would run into the studio and talk about the songs Jimmy and Terry had done on someone's album. Then Jimmy would start playing the song, and Jermaine would say, 'You know what? Let's do something kind of along those lines as a bas'e. He understood them, he understood me and vice versa".
20 Y.O. was recorded chiefly at Jam and Lewis' Flyte Tyme Studios in Los Angeles and Dupri's Southside Studios in Atlanta, with some sections undertaken at The Village in Los Angeles and the Hit Factory in Miami.[12] The concept of 20 Y.O. is a celebration of what was happening musically when Control was released.[15] The addition of Dupri, quotes Jackson as saying, "It's an edge, an attitude, an exciting vibe that's assertive. It's about taking charge. It says, 'Here I am. I'm coming on. Musically, I have it. You want it. And I'm giving it to you.'"[16][17] With the album Dupri wanted to reconnect Jackson with her urban fan base without losing her pop and dance audience she had built during the last two decades before the album's release. "Times have changed from when Michael and Janet were out in the '80s", he noted, pointing to the fact that urban artists no longer had to cross over to pop genres before achieving maximum exposure and sales. "Janet shouldn't be changing or trying to change to get on pop radio", the producer completed.[12]
Dupri also demonstrated the possibility for a duet with Jackson and American singer Mariah Carey for the album. Carey commented in April 2006, "He never talked to me about that, but if Jermaine has a concept, we should go and write something. I love Janet. I've been a big fan of Janet since 'Con-tro-ol!'". Later, Dupri said that the closer he got to Jackson and Mariah's duet, the more he knew where it should be at, elaborating that he felt it was going to happen. "It depends on how quick my mind moves. We're mixing records for [20 Years Old]. We're not done yet. When I did Usher's My Way album, the last record I created was 'You Make Me Wanna...'. I'm thinking I might go back in, and I might tamper with it. [...] We gotta try to figure it out", he commented. However, the duet never came to fruition.[18]
—Jackson commenting on the album's theme.[14]
20 Y.O. is composed by eleven songs, an introduction, three interludes and an outro. It starts off with Jackson stating "There's something to be said for not saying anything. I've covered a lot in my 20 years. And I've uncovered a lot" in its intro.[19] The opening song, second single "So Excited" featuring rapper Khia, is a hip hop track which samples the drum break and turntable scratches from Herbie Hancock's 1983 song "Rockit". In the song, Jackson promises submission for her lover, singing, "If you like it then I'll do it/I'll go head to toe" and "I'm-a keep your body thumping, baby".[20][21] "Show Me" follows, with Jackson spelling its title throughout the song.[22] The fourth song, "Get It Out Me", is a dance song which was noted to feature Jackson's vocals sounding like her brother Michael's ones.[23][24] The following song is "Do It 2 Me". It marks a return to Jackson's conversational style; in the song, She is searching for her lover: "My first and only call is to you, time after time, babe, throughout my life". Its music is punctuated by handclaps and by low swoops of a string section. Sixth song "This Body" lyrically is about men who have appreciation with Jackson's appearances in magazines. She addresses her fans in the line "Just had to buy me, had to try me, oooh, you're in love with the hottest girl in the magazine". The song brings sinuous and dark beats incorporating a rhythmic pattern of heavy breathing and the sound of a jet taking off, which was noted to be a metaphor.[25]
An interlude is the opening for eighth track "With U", which was described as "the follow-up to 1986's 'Let's Wait Awhile'", where a couple postpone intimacy. "With U" takes place after the act, which results in romantic confusion.[26] In it, she sings, "I wish you were the one the one I could be with forever".[27] "Call on Me" is the ninth song and lead single from 20 Y.O. It features Nelly, and samples The SOS Band's 1983 song "Tell Me If You Still Care".[28] It includes whispered vocals from both Jackson and Nelly.[24] Second interlude finds Jackson remembering her Good Times days as Penny. "Daybreak", the eleventh song, begins with fairy tale infused chimes before introducing electronic soul handclaps before Jackson starts singing. It has a few lyrics which deal about sex. The following track, "Enjoy", is composed by piano and bass. In the song, Jackson's vocals were heavily treated.[24] Both songs have additional carnival charms, sing-along melodies, and a children's chorus at its end of the latter.[29] An interlude follows, with Jackson calling her lover, asking him to come home. Fourteenth song "Take Care" is a love song which finds the singer pleasuring herself while she waits for her lover.[24] The last song from the album, "Love 2 Love" was recorded by Jackson with her brother Michael in mind. She sings, "We are a couple / Which love knows no bounds". An outro closes the album.[27][30]
Titling and artwork[edit]
In February 2006, Dupri revealed the album's title as 20 Years Old, making reference to her third studio album, Control (1986), which commemorated its twentieth release anniversary in 2006.[31] The singer, who at that date was 40 years old, confessed she felt half her age.[32] However, Jackson changed the title to 20 Y.O. after a fan suggestion.[33] Eric Henderson from Slant Magazine heavily criticized the title, saying it did not "let on whether the first letter is plural or singular, whether it's a noun or an adjective. And it would make all the difference". He declared that if it was supposed to stand for "years", it was a forgivable conceit. However, the reviewer feared the acronym was for 20-Year-Old, which would mean a "misguided" move from a woman who was 40, and would illustrate everything wrong with Jackson's direction with the album. He later joked that his third interpretation and his personal favorite was the title to be read phonetically "I'm 20, yo".[33]
A contest for fans to create an album cover image for 20 Y.O. was announced on July 18, 2006, through Yahoo!. Fans were able to create and submit their own album-cover design, with four winners being chosen by Jackson herself. The first million copies of the album would be published with these fan-created covers. The concept of the contest was to create an image that best celebrated Jackson's past twenty years. The singer hand-picked dozens of images that span over twenty years of Jackson's career were made available for download for use in creating the design. "They told me that I should pick maybe 20, 30 photos, but I think I went a little crazy. I picked way more than that. I gave them some of the new stuff I just shot for the album cover shoot. So they have some really recent photos as well as some stuff from 20 years ago", Jackson confessed.[34][35] For the official artwork for the album, Jackson appears sporting big hair and a wrist full of bracelets.[36]
Critical reception[edit]
|Professional ratings
|Aggregate scores
|Review scores
|Entertainment Weekly
|Los Angeles Times
|The New York Times
|Rolling Stone
|Slant Magazine
|Stylus Magazine
|The Village Voice
|Yahoo! Music UK
20 Y.O. received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, out of 100, to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 52, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[37] Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album a three-and-half out of five-star rating, writing that "with only a few exceptions, 20 Y.O. provides further refinements of the fun, flirtatious, midtempo songs of her past several albums. This is not a problem."[32] The New York Times music critic Jon Pareles had mixed feelings, saying "Janet is as crafty and poised as ever. Her flirtations are still a pleasure, but an overly familiar one. She's done these same slinky moves too often to surprise listeners now."[20] Newsday's Glenn Gamboa gave the album a grade of A-, and said that Jackson "may not want to dwell in that past, either. After all, 20 Y.O. shows that her future could be even better."[44] Richard Cromelin from Los Angeles Times was positive saying that 20 Y.O.'s sex themes were slightly toned down from its predecessor, Damita Jo, and, "In the opening set of songs alone, Jackson promises to do it all [...] And she manages to do this without sounding especially raunchy."[40]
Eric Henderson from Slant Magazine said that the saddest thing about 20 Y.O. was Jackson's decision to make a terrible R&B instead of great dance music, which would likely pay off. He also referred to Jam and Lewis's production as "ice-cold beats [that] have melted into a lugubrious, lukewarm pudding—at under an hour, it still feels almost twice as long as Janet. and The Velvet Rope."[33] With a C+ rating, Thomas Inskeep from Stylus Magazine called it "half-decent" and went to say, "there's precious little to get, well, excited about here. Janet commits the ultimate sin of making an album that's thoroughly mediocre. Apart from the sticky ear-candy of "So Excited," there's little I'd miss here if I went six months without it. This doesn't sound like rejuvenation—it sounds like the beginning of the end."[28] The Village Voice's music critic Miles Marshall Lewis commented that Jackson's last two albums also talked excessively about sex, and with the new release, it was getting tired.[42] Evan Serpick from Rolling Stone disagreed with the album's reference to Control, saying "If we were her, we wouldn't make the comparison."[41] Angus Batey, writing for Yahoo! Music UK, remarked that in Jackson's producers desire to take Jackson back to her roots, they made not a great album for Jackson, but a facsimile of one; correct in all the details, but lacking substance and soul.[43] Robert Christgau gave it a "dud" score ().[45] Additionally, 20 Y.O. earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album in 2007.[46]
On May 1, 2006, a web-only song called "Weekend" was made available as a "gift" to fans to download via Jackson's official website. The song is a remake of "Lookout Weekend", a 1984 single by Debbie Deb. It was quickly removed from the site, and was not considered as a preview for the album.[33][47] A MySpace account for Jackson was also set up with new music and videos to promote 20 Y.O.[48] In the lead up to the album's release, Jackson shot covers for Us Weekly, Vibe, Billboard, FHM, GIANT, W, Jezebel, OK!, Ebony, King, Sophisticates Black Hair, Movieline's Hollywood Life, Hype Hair, Men's Fitness, Unleashed, Upscale, and In Touch.[49] Her Us Weekly cover became the biggest-selling issue in the magazine's history, selling 1.4 million copies.[50] Jackson's Vibe issue also received attention from the media after she appeared topless on the August cover.[51][52]
On September 9, 2006, Jackson went to France to perform "So Excited" at NRJ's Back to School concert, along with past single "Nasty".[53] While on The Oprah Winfrey Show, she was interviewed and performed both tracks again. The show aired on September 25.[54] Jackson held an album signing in Times Square at the Virgin Megastore on September 26, the album's release date.[55] Jackson performed live on the Today show — as part of their Concert Series — three days later.[56] In October, she traveled to Japan to pomote the album and wore a red kimono during a press conference there.[57] In November, Jackson performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show,[58] while she was interviewed on The Tyra Banks Show to further promote the album.[59] On December 4, the singer opened the 2006 Billboard Music Awards with a medley of "The Pleasure Principle" and "So Excited".[60][61] During rehearsals for the awards two days prior, she taped a performance featuring two classic singles from her catalog, "Nasty" and "Let's Wait Awhile", which was streamed on American Express' website.[62]
Jackson planned to embark on a tour to promote 20 Y.O. after the album's release around March 2007, with rehearsals beginning in the end of the previous year. According to a Billboard report in September 2006, she and her choreographers were working on ideas for a world tour, but the singer was still not prepared to share these ideas.[63] However, the unnamed tour was canceled after she signed a record deal with Island Records, and company executives asked her to record a new album instead, which became Discipline.[64] Jackson stated, "I was supposed to go on tour with the last album [...] We were actually in full-blown tour rehearsals at that point ... learning numbers, getting everything together, set designs [...] I had to kind of shut everything down and go into the studio."[65]
Chart performance[edit]
20 Y.O. debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number two with 296,000 copies sold at its first week, being beaten by Ludacris' album Release Therapy, which sold 309,000 copies. This was considerably lower than Jackson's previous release, Damita Jo, which also opened at number two with 381,000 copies sold across the United States in 2004.[2] 20 Y.O. became her smallest first week sales since The Velvet Rope (1997), which reached number one with 202,000 copies. However, the effort debuted at the top on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[66] In its second week, the album fell to number nine, selling 77,000 units, representing a 74% drop in sales.[67] It additionally reached number two and number three on Top Digital Albums and Top Tastemaker Albums charts, respectively.[68][69] On November 13, 2006, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies within the country.[70] As of January 2008, the estimated sales of the album in the US were 679,000 copies.[71]
On the Australian Albums Chart, it peaked at number 55. It became her lowest-peaking album in the region since Control in 1986, which reached number 25.[72][73] In Japan, the album debuted at the number 12 on the Oricon Albums Chart selling 20,380 copies in its first week. It ultimately peaked at number seven in the region.[74][75] A few weeks after, the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) certified 20 Y.O. gold for shipments of 100,000 copies.[76]
In the Flemish region of Belgium, 20 Y.O. debuted at number 67 on October 7, 2006, moving to its peak of number 58 the next week, and staying on the charts for five weeks.[77] In contrast, it reached number 22 in the Walloon region of that country.[78] The album entered the French Albums Chart at number 32 in the week dated September 30, 2006, this being its peak. It lasted on the chart for four weeks, felling off the chart on October 21, 2006, at number 175.[77] 20 Y.O. peaked at number 46 in Germany during the only week it charted in the country.[79] On the Italian Albums Chart it fared better, reaching number 21.[80] In Switzerland, the album debuted and peaked at number 35 on the Swiss Albums Chart and stayed on the charts for four weeks.[81] In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at number 63 on its album chart.[82] In the Netherlands, 20 Y.O. debuted and peaked at number 34, the issue dated September 30, 2006. Almost one month after, it fell out of the chart at number 93.[83] On the European Top 100 Albums, the record reached number 43.[84] As of 2008, it was reported that the album had sold 1.2 million copies worldwide.[85]
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The album's first single, "Call on Me", was released to US radio on June 19, 2006. It received mixed reviews from critics.[32][86] The song was a success on the charts, becoming her most successful single in some countries since "All for You" in 2001. It peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Additionally, it spent two non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it Jackson's sixteenth R&B chart-topper and thirtieth top ten single.[87][49] Internationally, the song peaked inside the top-twenty in Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.[88] The music video for "Call on Me" was directed by Hype Williams and took ten days to be completed.[14] The music video incorporates Indian, Asian, and African styles, with a mixture of outfits and hairstyles, with a total of five wardrobe changes. "Call on Me" is one of the most expensive music videos of all time, with a production cost of over US$1,000,000.[89] Following its release, it was reported that the video was blacklisted by MTV following her incident at the Super Bowl halftime show, which was co-produced by the network.[90]
The second single, "So Excited", was released on August 28, 2006. Like the previous single, the song also was met with mixed reviews from music commentators, with some considering the song the highlight from 20 Y.O. while others found it disappointing.[42][91] "So Excited" peaked at number 90 on the Hot 100, and also became her 39th top forty single on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, reaching number 34.[92][93] Additionally, on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, "So Excited" became Jackson's 22nd consecutive top ten single and her 17th number-one hit on the chart.[94] It was well also received in Europe. In Finland, "So Excited" peaked at number nine, while in Italy, it reached number 28, and peaking at number 13 in Spain.[95][96] Director Joseph Kahn directed its accompanying music video. It decipts Jackson's clothes disappearing through a complex dance routine with female dancers. Also, occasional skeleton people appear in an X-ray effect, and images of Khia appearing in a small TV in an empty room.[97] Due to her diminished role in the music video, she criticized Jackson online.[98] The third single in North America was "With U", which was released to radio on December 11, 2006. Well received by critics, the song managed to reach number 65 on the region's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[32][87] "Enjoy" was released only as a promotional single in Japan and received no commercial release.
Track listing[edit]
|"20 (Intro)"
|"So Excited" (featuring Khia)
|"Show Me"
|"Get It Out Me"
|"Do It 2 Me"
|"This Body"
|"20 Part 2 (Interlude)"
|"With U"
|"Call on Me" (with Nelly)
|"20 Part 3 (Interlude)"
|"20 Part 4 (Interlude)"
|"Take Care"
|"Love 2 Love"
|"20 Part 5 (Outro)"
|Total length:
|Japanese edition[99]
|"Roll Witchu"
|"Days Go By"
|iTunes bonus track[100]
|"Roll Witchu"
|Deluxe edition bonus DVD: "Janet 20 Y.O. – The Project"[101]
|"The Photo Shoot"
|"In the Studio"
|"Dancer Auditions"
|"Call on Me" (The Making of the Video)
Additional credits
- "So Excited" contains a sample of "Rock It" by Herbie Hancock.
- "Do It 2 Me" contains a sample of "If Only for One Night" by Brenda Russell.
- "This Body" features an uncredited rap by Jermaine Durpi, under the alias "Cocaine J".[102]
Weekly charts[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
Sales and certifications[edit]
|Certified units/Sales
|Japan (RIAJ)[76]
|United States (RIAA)[112]
*sales figures based on certification alone
Release history[edit]
|September 20, 2006
|September 22, 2006
|United Kingdom
|September 25, 2006
|United States
|September 26, 2006
|October 6, 2006
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Home National Film Awards and the United States is one of the world's most prestigious film awards — "Oscar» (Oscar) is the oldest award in the world in the field of media, but still remains one of the most significant awards in world cinema. It is awarded annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts (Academy Award) at the ceremony, which is traditionally held in late February in the theater «Kodak» in Los Angeles (USA).
The peculiarity of this award in the fact that unlike most film festivals, "Oscars" are awarded on the results of the public voting members of Academy Awards, and not the choice of the jury. Candidates for the award are nominated by colleagues, the film industry, but the prize winners are determined by secret ballot by members of the Academy Awards, which as of 2007 there were about 6,000 people, divided into 16 guilds. And each guild (by the way, the largest of which is the actor's) votes on its category (actors choose the best actress and actor, script writers — a better writer, etc.). But for some nominations are special voting group is an Academy, and all together they vote for only one category — "Best Picture." The winners' names are kept secret until the ceremony "Oscars».
Sign in cinema «Kodak Theatre» (Photo: ru.wikipedia.org) The history of the award is from 1929, although the name "Oscar" is it officially in 1939, and originally known as the «Academy Awards» and was designed head of the U.S. film studio MGM Luis B.Mayerom. He's still two years earlier, was one of the founders of American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AMPAS) along with other moviemakers and heads of Hollywood studios.
The first film award ceremony of the Academy Awards was held May 16 in 1929 in Los Angeles at the "Roosevelt". Since then, the rules of presentation, voting, and even a list of nominations is constantly changing. Today the ceremony is broadcast in dozens of countries around the world in the air, and before 1953 it is airing on the radio.
Perhaps the only thing that has not changed since the early days of the "Oscar" — gold-plated statuette, which is the main prize for the winners. It is produced since 1929 and is a knight with a sword on a reel of film. Five holes on the basis of the coil — that's five divisions Academy Awards: producers, writers, directors, actors and technology. Height figurines — 34 cm, weight — 3.85 kg, it is made of gold-plated alloy britain, it is located on a pedestal of black marble. The idea belongs to the statue of MGM executive director Cedric Gibbons, its embodiment — the sculptor George Stanley. But the author of the name — "Oscar" — It is not yet known.
Originally Prize awarded in 12 categories, is now the "Oscar" is awarded on the 24 major categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Male and female roles, best male and female supporting actor, best original script, Best Screenplay, Adaptation, Best Music, Best Song, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction-producer, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Costume Design, Best sound editing, Best Makeup, Best Foreign Language Film, The best feature and documentary short films, best animated feature and short film, best documentary feature. Only 7 nominations have remained unchanged since 1929, and documentary films nominated for "Oscar" only since 2001. In addition to the core, "Oscars" and also awarded a special nominations.
Gold-plated statuette "Oscar" Soviet and Russian films were nominated for "Oscar" many times, but have received this award, only six of our paintings — a documentary film L.Varlamova and I. Kopalin "The defeat of the fascist German troops near Moscow" (1942), the motion picture «War and Peace" (1968), the pattern «Dersu Uzala" (a co-production of the USSR and Japan, 1975), a film «Moscow does not believe in tears" (1980), a drama «Burnt by the Sun" (1994) and the animated film A.Petrov "The Old Man and the Sea" (2000).
Unfortunately, in recent years, Russian movies, Nominated for "Oscar" are defeated even before the stage of the competition for the nomination. How to find the leading local filmmakers, the problem is not the lack of decent Russian films, and the difference in the criteria for the selection of films for the nominees in some of the factors that influence the award of the prize, which have nothing to do with art, for example, political.
In general, in recent years, and the choice of policy premiums are increasingly being criticized all over the world. In particular, it is noted that the opinion of the voting members of the Academy Awards is not always impartial. Since the beginning of the season they vote under pressure from film companies in the form of an active campaign films applicants. Also, experts say the declining level of requirements for nominees, and the fact that the financial performance of movie rentals influence the voting members of the Academy Awards. Therefore, the picture that should be marked by attention thanks to artistic merit, are undeservedly forgotten.
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Though Gerald, the muleskinnin' heartbeat of Sounds Of Singles, has a North Carolina address-he was sown in the Midwest. Michigan to be exact. Growing up in the Great Lake State ANY time over the past 40 years or so Bob Seger is musical parallel of the 5 basic food groups groups or something equally along those lines. As a matter of fact I believe I read somewhere recently that you can stand anywhere in the state and there will more more copies of "Live Bullet" per household than the Holy Bible. Ten times as many people have a "I partied with Seger" story than those that have a tale along the same lines involving Kid Rock or a "I hunted with the Nuge and that he don't do drugs thing he says is a bunch of bullshit cuz I smoked a joint with him" yarns combined. Seger is something that is ingrained in the brain and pumps through the blood on each and everyone born in the pleasant peninsulas. It may not have been added to our bottles of formula as infants but dad's and grandad's turned those songs up when the came on though since we were babies. Hell, it says right on the back of this hardstock letter pressed sleeve that it's "Dedicated To Dad" even. Some upstart Michiganders try to deny or escape that the two time winner of the Port Huron to Mackinac yacht race (though the second victory can be and has been disputed though my egging of his boat had nothing to do with the outcome either way) but at the end of the day more of them can recite the "Detroit audiences are the best audience in the world" rap than tell ya the name of the Governor.
Sounds Of Singles grab two of the best known circa Silver Bullet Band chestnuts, "Turn the Page" and "Beautiful Loser" takes them on a cross country road trip then plunks the down in a lonely part of the nation where at a crossroads where there's just church and a combination liquor store/ammo shop. "Turn The Page" is sped up at little bit but barebones. The sax line is replaced with a manipulated spaghetti western woodwind, a jerryrigged ukulele provides a dusty prairie cowboy accompaniment and the loneliness of the road legends turned into an incantation. "Beautiful Loser" is much more diaphanous than any version I've heard of the song but it makes a whole lotta sense that way too. The lonely uke is reduced to a few notes and a slight harmonica is all that's underneath the lament of not being everything ya dreamed to be. If I was to compare this with any Seger record it would be "Brand New Morning", an album he made in the early 70's when he felt he was at wits end so he holed him up in a cabin with an acoustic guitar and a tape machine. The album wasn't a success with the record buying public but it sometimes makes it way to my turntable which isn't something I can say for something he did years later like "Roll Me Away" cuz, well, it stands up much better and is much more interesting.


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Title: Somebody Stole My Iron
Author: Vicki Tapia
Publisher: Praeclarus Press (2014)
Publisher: Praeclarus Press (2014)
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Paperback: 344 pages
Genre: Memoir
Paperback: 344 pages
Genre: Memoir
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Reviewed by Susan Zoucha originally for Amazon
Reviewed by Susan Zoucha originally for Amazon
My mother started having memory issues about seven years ago. I've read a LOT of books on Alzheimer's and dementia and I've gained a lot of knowledge. I've read so much in fact, that when I came across this book I was thinking...No thank you. I was feeling sort of burnt out on the whole topic. Vicki caught my attention with the perfect title "Somebody Stole My Iron." It made me giggle and right away I felt like Vicki SURELY must have met my mother.
Now for the reasons I love this book:
1. It's not like any of the many others I've read. It reads like a great novel that even people who are not dealing with disease will enjoy. (Vicki, you are an amazing writer. Stick with it.)
2. The tips are wonderful and I didn't feel like I was getting them out of a textbook.
3. It was the first book I've read that actually talked candidly about the not-so-sweet people that end up with this disease! I love my mom with all my heart, but she has never been the sweet little old lady we often hear about. She's opinionated and cranky and it's only getting worse.
4. I felt like I had my own personal support group. I was in my own place with a dear friend (whom I've never met, lol) who understood what I was dealing with. Invaluable.
I laughed, I giggled, I sobbed, I softly cried, and I learned a lot.
One last thing, I loved the list of "Dos and Don'ts" in the back of the book that Vicki shared. I ran copies for all seven siblings and for my dad and had them laminated. They are a great reminder, so don't miss them!
About the Author:
Somebody Stole My Iron is the first book-length publication for author Vicki Tapia, who in a former life, wrote for lactation journals. She retired from her career as a lactation consultant to direct her energies toward full-time writing. She is currently at work on a new book, which will focus on women's issues at the turn of the 20th century.
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A University of Oregon trustee wants to examine the moves of the school's cheerleaders as part of an effort to combat campus rape.
University of Oregon Board of Trustee member Ginevra Ralph brought up the subject of its cheerleaders' provocative dancing to fellow members in a recent meeting, saying that it merits investigation.
"I have watched people be incredibly uncomfortable with the U of O cheerleaders, and they actually leave the basketball arena during intermission because of the overt sexual dancing, or whatever you want to call it. It's one thing if someone is doing any of that on their own, but we are making a public statement. I'd like to see us analyze it a little bit."
According to the university's athletic department page, the school considers cheerleaders as "official ambassadors for the University of Oregon."
Ralph aired her cheerleader concerns during a trustee discussion about sexual assault on campus, and the university's efforts to curb the frequency of such incidents. She said she is trying to understand feminist scholars and student activists who say policies at U.S. universities support a "rape culture."
This discussion comes a year after a University of Oregon student claims she was gang-raped by three of the school's basketball players, allegedly within hours of one of the team's games. The three players met an 18-year-old freshman at a house party and brought her into a bathroom, according to the police report. The student said she thought this was part of "college fun." The players asked her to "shake her butt," and she did so, according to the police report.
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The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby's party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say he's a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in and whisper 'he killed a man once'. Just where is Gatsby from and what is the obsession that drives him?
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Fred WILLIAMS, Appellant,
John F. MULCAHEY, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization at Detroit, Michigan, Appellee.
No. 13119.
United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.
November 7, 1957.
Goodman, Crockett, Eden & Robb, Detroit, Mich., for appellant.
Fred W. Kaess, Dwight K. Hamborsky, U. S. Attys., Detroit, Mich., Charles Gordon, Regional Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, St. Paul, Minn., for appellee.
Before McALLISTER, MILLER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing a complaint seeking injunctive relief from an order of deportation (sub nom. Williams v. Butterfield, D.C.D.E.Mich.1956, 145 F. Supp. 567). The appellant contends that the district court was in error in holding that the administrative finding of alienage was supported by substantial and probative evidence.
While the evidence at the deportation hearing on the issue of alienage was wholly documentary, it clearly was sufficient to support an inference that the appellant was born in England in 1906. The appellant not only declined to testify himself, but offered no documentary or third-party evidence of any kind to dispel the inference of alienage raised by the evidence offered by the government.
In holding that the government had sustained the burden of proving alienage by substantial and probative evidence, the district court did not consider the question whether the appellant's silence evoked an additional inference against him, and that is a question we do not reach here.
For the reasons stated in Judge Thornton's opinion, the order of the district court is affirmed.


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Take this example for a search: "accountants in jasper ga" :
Google takes into consideration your search and pulls local businesses that have submitted their listing to Google Places.
Did you know that you can submit your business to Google Places absolutely free? Not only is it a great way to get instant visibility to your website. You do not have to directly compete with all the other businesses in Georgia in the SERPS (search engine results page)
Even if you do not have a website. You can still submit your business to Google Places. In fact if you haven't listed your business yet. We highly recommend doing that immediately.
Submit your business to Google Places by clicking here.
The big benefits of Google Places is that you might be in a relatively small niche which you can appear in the top results if there isn't a lot of other businesses in your category. Being that North Georg is a small unique area, it happens a lot more than you would think.
Of course you can utilize SEO to help make sure your on the top of the Google Places listing and in the organic SERPs. But right now you are looking for free methods! So read further for recommendation number 2.
2. Using newsletters effectively!
I hear time and time again that small business have little to no budgets for advertising. Which is usually somewhat true. However you would be surprised at how cheap and effective a simple newsletter is. They are also pretty easy to setup and implement. The part that is difficult for most businesses is the inability to get people to sign up for them.
Here are some simple ways to get people to signup, seriously simple and easy:
- Put a notepad on your counter at your store or place of business. Put in all caps: "NEWSLETTER SIGNUP: Get more information about our specials and exclusive deals."Place it near where people pay and make sure there is always a pen near it. You will be surprized at how many people sign up for it while they are waiting for the cashier to give them their change or receipt.
- When you sell a product, ask for an e-mail on your form or when you check them out. If they refuse or ask why, just explain to them about how you can provide them with future information about your product and also great deals and specials. Most will agree, if they don't just say "no problem."
- Place your newsletter signup on your website in bright colors. Put an envelop beside it and tell people the benefits of joining. Just having newsletter signup might not do the trick. It really depends on your visitors.
- Offer a raffle or a simple prize for signing up that you give out at random.
The ability to advertise for absolutely nothing with newsletters is so awesome. Don't miss out on the opportunity to advertise to customers for a few cents.
Remember they can always un-subscribe if they feel like your sending them to many e-mails. You're in business to make money and customer relations are important. But if you truly offer good deals, have someone setup your newsletter for you so its nice and professional. It can send a lot of traffic back to your website or storefront.
Give it a shot
I hope you implement these strategies and let us know of your successes by commenting or contacting us.


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"He who in himself sees all things, is all things. -Giordano Bruno" 25 March 2017 Fantasy, Drama, Horror 85 mins
A young woman raised in the US returns to her birth country in Eastern Europe after a devastating tragedy. Questioning her sanity and her sexuality, she starts believing she possesses supernatural powers.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
About the birds
A while ago someone on flickr asked me if there was a story about the bird in this picture,
this was my reply. 'I do a lot of paintings of women and birds, I think the birds can express something about the woman's character, also that it can explore the tension between freedom and duty. Also I like the humour of the image if you take it literally. I don't have an exact story for the paintings and I hope the viewer will bring their own ideas to it too.'
I'm completely submerged in the book 'The Time Traveler's Wife' (about 3/4 of the way through and dreading a tragic ending.) in it there is a scene in an art gallery where a ten year old girl is talking about the artworks 'bird boxes' of Joseph Cornell. She says... 'He made the boxes because he was lonely. He didn't have anyone to love, and he made the boxes so he could love them, and so people would know that he existed, and because birds are free and the boxes are hiding places for the birds so they will feel safe, and he wanted to be free and be safe. The boxes are for him so he can be a bird.'
Joseph Cornell is a real artist although the book is fiction, you can see a slide show of his works here. It's funny that he was mentioned by an artist in the last issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine though it didn't make much of an impression until I read that scene above and some kind of little alarm bells went off!!
Here are a couple more bird quotes;
Hold fast to dreams
for if dreams die
life is a broken winged bird
that cannot fly.
Langston Hughes
"Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all." Emily Dickinson
Hope your weekend is going well, I'm trying to have a quiet one - though the kids have other ideas!!
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nice blog.. have a view of my blog when free.. http://www.lonelyreload.blogspot.com .. do leave me some comment / guide if can.. if interested can follow my blog...ReplyDelete
thanks for the link to Cornell, i do love a bit of assemblage AND cloth, paper scissors!ReplyDelete
I'm glad I followed the link from flickr to your blog Kate! Will definitely be visiting again :)ReplyDelete
Love these paintings and enjoyed reading your thoughts about them. I loved The Time Traveller's Wife and was just thinking recently that I would like to read it again.
My favourite bird quote, from William Wharton's novel Birdy: "There are bird tracks and nothing in the sky; something lived, left, and left something."
Hi Rett, so glad you found my blog, I'd completely forgotten about birdy - I think I read it when I was in my late teens or early 20s, and loved it, now I'll have to dig out a copy and re-read!!ReplyDelete


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It's not the first time that when looking after overview about one functionality or another I found a little bug in documentation or outdated example like here:
The last example reads:
But CL_Contour in 2.1.1 has got no points field but get_points() method instead.<< "(" << cc.contour1->points[colp.contour1_line_start].x
This is to much effort to collect all those small mistakes and send the email or write a forum thread for such small changes. I think that the best solution is to move this documentation (or maybe whole clanlib main page) to some kind of public wiki so anyone can keep these pages up to date. This would be also great opportunity to write more articles and tutorials by anyone who wants to.
What do you think? I can lend a hand with this task. This may be also chance to setup a bugtrack (like trac).


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Whether we like it or not, money is the one creation that stands in our way towards true liberation.
In a world that's centred around the creation of money, my aim is to show you how to extract the maximum income for the smallest amount of time in order to regain your freedom.
As such, a lot of my financial writings are focused on flexible earnings and passive income, as I believe these are the best ways to achieve economic freedom.
How to Become a Digital Nomad: The ultimate guide to making money online and becoming location independent.
The Pros & Cons of Being a Digital Nomad
Having a Base As a Digital Nomad: Why it's important to have somewhere you can go back to that feels like home when travelling and working remotely.
How to Save Money Travelling with Nomadic Adam's 3:1 Rule: A simple technique I use to live comfortably every day and save money.
"Without your health, you're nothing" I am fond of saying to friends and family alike."
Health is the foundation upon which a successful life is built upon. If you neglect it, you will suffer both physically and mentally, dampening every other experience in the process.
There are generally two aspects of health: physical and mental health. Both are equally as important as each other, but so many of us are oblivious as to how to achieve them in a frenetic, modern, fast-paced society. I'll teach you how to harness physical and mental health through the power of healthy, sustainable nutrition and exercises, intertwined with meditation and mindfulness techniques to achieve both.
How To Stay Fit & Eat Well While Travelling: A simple formula I've used over the years while living nomadically to stay in shape & healthy
The Great Blue Light Epidemic: Learn how to mitigate harmful blue light, enhance your sleep, productivity and cognitive function while fighting off disease.
Conformity is the enemy of self-development, and self-development is the goal of all human beings to advance as a species, both from a survival perspective and happiness.
When you conform, you slowly degrade your soul, your mental health and your overall happiness.
That's why seeking new experiences is an essential part of my philosophy: it forces you out of your comfort zone, challenges your perceptions and forces you to acquire new insight into matters and develop as an individual, becoming a more interesting person to others in the process.
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Personnel Manual – Who Need's It?
I have even seen church staff threaten law suits over whether they should be earning vacation or not. This should tell you that when it comes to employees, no matter what type of business, you will face difficult questions on almost any issue possible.
Let's take an issue like how many unscheduled absence periods are allowed before a business owner should take action in an effort to stop the employee's absences? If you ask the employee I'm sure it will depend on many factors all of which will be to their advantage. Having a personnel manual will define what is allowed and what is not. Take that same issue a bit further and add to that whether someone should be paid when they are ill. Do they need a medical verification of them being under a Doctor's care and furthermore do they need a release allowing them to return to work.
Let's talk about an item that can truly ruin a company and that is how to deal with sexual harassment. Many states mandate that you cover this topic with your employee's depending on how many employees they have. Having it within your personnel manual will help to satisfy that requirement provided you insure that everyone is receiving and signing for a copy of it.
If you offer benefits is everyone eligible or only full time employees. Who is considered full time? Only those that work forty hours, or as few as thirty? Several states suggest that thirty hours constitutes full time. Make sure you check with your state prior to producing your personnel manual.
What if someone makes a personal long distance telephone call on a company telephone?
What if they use a company vehicle for personal reasons?
What if they are always on their cellular telephone?
What if they are making racial or otherwise discriminatory remarks to another employee?
This list could go on for a long time but the point is that there are countless issues that will turn into trouble if you do not have a written policy on them. The policy does not eliminate the fact that people will still violate your policies; however, it just gives you a guideline for how to handle it when they do.
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text: Walt Disney World has Mickey Mouse, Sea World has Baby Shamu but Osceola County has no one, at least not yet. County tourism officials are considering creating a human mascot to represent the tourism industry at functions and possibly in advertisements. Gary A. Powell, the executive director of the Kissimmee-St. Cloud Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the living logo could appear on behalf of the county at promotional events. No costume or name has been selected, though there has been one suggestion: the Osceola Olive. With tongue firmly in cheek, Powell said he'd give it some thought.


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Today, I'm super happy to share this guest post by Amber Smith, author of The Way I Used to Be, which is releasing on the 22nd! Yay book birthdays! :D I love aftermath books, even when they're hard for me to read, especially when I can put myself in the main character's shoes without even having to try. I think they're incredibly important, and so I wanted to ask Amber her thoughts on these types of stories. But before you read this very beautiful post, here's a bit more information about the book. :)
Title: The Way I Used to Be
Author: Amber Smith
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release Date: March 22nd, 2016!
From Goodreads...In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.
Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn't change who she was. But the night her brother's best friend rapes her, Eden's world capsizes.
What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she's supposed to tell someone what happened but she can't. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.
Told in four parts—freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year—this provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young woman's strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt, and while learning to embrace a power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.
Why We Write (and Read) Books about Difficult Topics
I find that whenever I'm asked why I think it's important to write about difficult topics, there's always a fascinating conversation that follows. I believe this is an important question, and one that's made me do a lot of thinking—not only about my own writing, but also about the kinds of books I choose as a reader.
Why write these stories? In The Way I Used to Be, I chose to tell the story of Eden, a girl who struggles to find her voice (and herself) in the aftermath of a rape. I had wanted to write about this topic for a long time, as sexual violence is an issue that has a lot of personal meaning for me. But when I began working on this book it was not necessarily with the goal of publishing in mind. I was writing it for myself, first and foremost, as a place to sort through my own thoughts and feelings surrounding this issue. It wasn't until after I finished, and began sharing my manuscript with others, that I realized the story had evolved into something that could have a place in the larger dialogue about sexual assault and abuse. So often in matters of abuse or trauma—situations that affect a person on such an intimate and private level—the experience can be so isolating that these stories become extremely difficult to share. I find myself drawn to telling stories that might otherwise be silenced. Ultimately, I think we write stories like these because they are stories that need, not only to be told but to be heard, as well.
Why read these stories? I'll start by saying that I do read and enjoy books of all different genres. But I think the books that truly stay with me—the ones that take up residence in my heart—are those that deal with more serious or difficult subjects. These are the books that have given me a voice at times when I perhaps felt as though I didn't have a voice of my own. I think people are often searching for their own experiences to be mirrored back at them, and that's an important reason to both write and read books that might be emotionally heavy or deal with painful issues. One of my favorite things that happens when reading a book, are those magical moments when I find aspects of my own life, my own thoughts and feelings and frustrations, reflected back at me. Particularly when it happens in a book that deals with topics and situations that are different from what I've known personally—when I find myself connected to a character or a time or place, and end up understanding it on a whole new level because it resonates with something real inside of me.
Often, I think we turn to books and stories for validation, both to understand and to be understood ourselves, to feel less isolated in our own struggles—it is my hope that The Way I Used to Be can be one of those books.
Thank you SO much for sharing this with us, Amber! I love books that deal with difficult subjects for exactly that reason--validation, to feel less alone in what I'm going through/have gone through. To feel like my story MATTERS. And I think they can be powerful tools to help people move on from very challenging situations. :)
The next post won't be up until Monday, March 7th (because I wanted to take weekends off). Hope to see you then as I share an interview with a debut author of a book about aliens and rebels. :)
***And don't forge to enter the giveaway! You would win your very own copy of Amber's book, should you wish :D***


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Eleven months ago when my itty bitty baby was placed into my arms,
I knew I loved him.
Seeing his eyes and snuggling him close.
And knowing that he was mine forever.
I was exhausted but couldn't sleep because I was a mother.
As Baby Bunny's first year has past.
The love inside of me grows even deeper.
His smiles. His waves. His cries.
Coming to me. Sitting on my lap. Refusing to be put down.
Exploring the world. Cuddling when sick. Stacking blocks.
His laugh. His hugs. His love.
Some days are hard and filled with tears.
Some days are spent playing in the park.
Some days we get a lot accomplished.
And others we are grateful to get out of our pajamas.
The life of a mother is not easy.
I am beginning to realize all the hats I must juggle.
But I wouldn't change my life for anything.
The life of a mother is absolutely amazing.
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ProductCart is Google Analytics compatible e-commerce software. This means that we have put together documentation and files that make it easy for you to fully track what's happening on your ProductCart-powered store using Google Analytics.
Google Analytics built into ProductCart v4.5 and above
Support for Google Analytics was built directly into ProductCart beginning with v4.5. Starting with this version, all you will need to do is to enter your Google Analytics site ID under Settings > Store Settings > Miscellaneous. Starting in v5.0 you also have the option to choose from Universal Analytics (Google Universal Analytics) or Classic Analytics (Google Analytics):
Learn more about Google Analytics support in ProductCart v5.0 and above.
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Most of the information below applies to ProductCart v4.1 and below. In ProductCart v4.5 and above, the integration with Google Analytics is "built-in" and most of the steps outlined below are not necessary.
- About Google Analytics
- Using Google Analytics with your ProductCart-powered store
- Tracking store orders with Google Analytics
- Adjusting for returns and cancellations
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